Will Smith on racism and lack of diversity in Hollywood:I don't think its much of a problem anymore

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It's like black people have been so conditioned and used to asking for others for help, assistance, work, money, they don't know how to do it themselves and that's the problem.

Sadly I think that won't change as long as we're living in this predominantly white country...

Too many black people get on and won't help others...
White people want to stay on top and want us to stay at the bottom and will manipulate the game to make it so...
I really don't see things getting at this point.
That's because they're getting on with the help of white folks and those white folks are pretty much putting it to them on some "You can come, but don't bring your friends" shyt. That's why we gotta get out and do for selves. I'm not even hating on white folks on this one, because you're not supposed to bite the hand that feeds you, so I can't even get mad at brothers who get help from white folks and then help nobody else out... we need to get together and FEED OURSELVES... building up our own businesses and communities.... but we already know this. We already talk about this. And it's BEEN time for action and everybody knows it. But as long as our people are still victims of the slave mentality (and I'm humble enough to admit that the slave mentality affects me at times as well, I'm pretty sure only a very few of us are completely immune from it) we aren't going to make the progress we need to make.

And contrary to popular belief it doesn't all need to happen overnight, it can be done in small steps. Egypt wasn't built in a day (yeah) and you're not going to change centuries of a racist system overnight, but everybody needs to do their part. But that being said, since I'm a MAN and I can't depend on anyone else, I'm just out here trying to do my part, building up a business on my own, trying to motivate the people I know in my inner circle, and patronize Black businesses in my locality... and hopefully enough of us do the same and shyt starts to change not for the better but for the best.

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you're wrong

tyler perry doesn't have one movie that did as well MIB, I'm saying box office not net worth, Tyler perry is rich because he OWNS his stuff and himself

If you add up all willis' movies and Arnold's your right but

Will Smith has only been in like 27 movies ,only Tom Cruise is on his level look it up on Wikipedia

Leo isn't in Will Smith's league as far as box office is concerned

The most Arnold made off one movie was 30 million with Terminator 3

Will Smith made 100 million just off MIB 3
and Cruise made 100 million with War of the Worlds

only nikkaz averaging 100 million total salary per film are those two

until recently with the edge of tomorrow flops and after earth

see actors have base pay, but the stars get paid on the back end too

Tyler Perry net worth is more than Johnny depp's
but you are not going to say Tyler Perry is a bigger movie star than Depp

Tyler perry is a producer, that's how he makes his money
Will Smith is not the top bill actor in Hollywood, period. He's even typecast for certain roles,thats why he was strategically placed to play metrosexual roles. In the Legend of Baggar Vance he played a homo and samething in Hitch(play kissing and dancing with a guy is some hell to go through).
 
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Will Smith is not the top bill actor in Hollywood, period. He's even typecast for certain roles,thats why he was strategically placed to play metrosexual roles. In the Legend of Baggar Vance he played a homo and samething in Hitch(play kissing and dancing with a guy is some hell to go through).

stop replying to man

he grossed 100 million dollars off MIB 3, only person making that type of money is Tom Cruise

the most Leo has ever made is 60 million off inception

please, go away you don't know what the fukk you are talking about

I never said anything about the roles he played, I'm talking about earnings nikka per movie nikka

he was not a homo in banger vance or hitch, stop with this silliness
I don't even like Will Smith's movies, I'm speaking facts from a business stand point

if this nikka is not a top bill actor why do think it was such a big deal when After Earth flopped

when he had a lower budget and made more money than White House Down, and a lot of other shyt that came out that year
 
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Once again you asked me how I'm immune to white supremacy and I told you
I don't work for white people I'm self employed

I don't get racially profiled because I live in an are where the cops are black, I don't hang out around white area, I'm well aware of the legal system in relation to blacks
Being self employed doesn't make you immune to systematic white supremacy bruh. You thinking that it does proves that you don't even have a full understanding of it. You're just talking to talk. You'll literally say anything you think discounts the point that I'm making and it just makes you look dumb. "I'm immune to racism in the legal system because there are black cops where I live" That would be funny if you weren't serious in saying that stupid shyt. The fact that racial profiling exists even in areas where black cops are prevalent aside. What about when you're not in the area that you live? Do you not travel outside of that immediate area? How are you immune to racial profiling while in areas where there are white cops? Besides, racism in the legal/law enforcement system is about a lot more than just racial profiling.

A lot of times cats don't even think the dumb shyt that you run up here to post through. You lames will run up here and say/post anything to stop from being wrong.

I understand the system that's why I can beat it, you said you can't get loans because your black, that's false they actually prey on minorities with loans
you don't understand banking, I got a loan for 100k when I was 20 years old with no job, you should be asking me for advice instead of insulting me if you were really pro black
I never said that black people couldn't get loans. I made the point that that systemic racism permeates thiscountry's financial institutions and that you aren't immune to it. I know that you're kicking that "I got the cheat code to white supremacy, I'm immune!" bullshyt, but I'm talking reality. There are devices ingrained in the system deigned to oppress or privilege people solely based on the color of their skin. If this was all about black people just not "understanding the system" then it wouldn't be racism then would it?

Since you've got all the answers then why don't you save the black community? Why are dudes out here hustling in the streets when they can be getting $100grand loans with no job? You should be out here holding seminars bruh.

You obviously don't understand what a production company does, buck the system, what sysetm
The racist Hollywood system dumb fukk. You're just trying to cloud the issue with bullshyt. I initially quoted you because you were cosigning Will while pretending as if he's on some black power self reliance shyt when that's not true. Will didn't say "fukk white people we as blacks have to do our own thing". Will is basically saying "I don't know what those blacks are complaining about as far as racism and a lack of diversity, I don't see a problem"

you don't know anything about the film business, Will Smith employs black people, you realize there's way more jobs in the movie industry than being an actor, it literally takes 100s of people to make movies, and also offers internships where blacks who would get turned down elsewhere can come learn the business first hand
This idiot tells me that I don't know the film business after claiming that nobody ever gave Will anything. How well I know the film business is irrelevant. So is Will employing black people. This is about his comments regarding racism in Hollywood. He said some c00n shyt and you swooped your dumbass in this thread disingenuously defending him as if he didn't.

As racism, that wasn't even the subject, it was diversity in films, he said he doesn't think about it
Sonwhat do you think that the lack of diversity in opportunities points to? Racism you idiot. Will doesn't think about the lack of opportunities for other blacks because he doesn't give a fukk. He's accepted and that's all he cares about. He doesn't see a problem.

He spoke on racism in another interview and clearly said yes white people are at fault but its up to black people to fix it, and that's just reality
He did no such thing. In one interview he vaguely and tentatively acknowledged systematic racism only to say that it doesn't matter. He only tentatively acknowledged racism because he knows that he'll get backlash as a black man for failing to do so. However, his true feelings are expressed in this quote in which you conveniently ignore:"It was as if some part of me was validated. It was something that I've known for a long time that I couldn't really say: 'You know guys, I really don't think America is a racist nation.' I know that I feel like that sometimes but I just don't believe that. There are racist people who live there but I don't think America as a whole is a racist nation. Before Obama won the presidency I wasn't allowed to say that out loud because people would say: 'Oh yeah, of course for you, Mr Hollywood!'http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/79786/An-interview-with-Will-Smith
^^^Thats how he really feels about racism he's just not confident coming out and admitting it. The fake "post-racial" euphoria that initially came with Obama's election had him feeling comfortable in being true to his opinion that racism just ain't that bad.

He didn't say anything about discrimination or racism in that quote so what are you blabbing about
He was Spcifically talking about racism and discrimination. He was asked about the concerns over the lack of diversity in Hollywood(racism and discrimination). He doesn't see a problem and it's not something that he thinks about.

Kendrick lamar was c00ning in those lyrics if you want an example

when I say blacks don't need Hollywood, it's in reference to making films and making money off them, nobody needs them really if you understand the business model

but you wouldn't know the first thing how to put together a project, you can simply ask and I will explain
Bruh, you can't even out together a coherent thought. You're all over the place. You've confused yourself. Whether blacks do or don't need Hollywood to make movies is irrelevant. The issue here is Will's comments. Will wasn't saying that blacks don't need Hollywood, he was saying that there isn't anything wrong with Hollywood. You're slow my man.
 

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stop replying to man

he grossed 100 million dollars off MIB 3, only person making that type of money is Tom Cruise

the most Leo has ever made is 60 million off inception

please, go away you don't know what the fukk you are talking about

I never said anything about the roles he played, I'm talking about earnings nikka per movie nikka

he was not a homo in banger vance or hitch, stop with this silliness
I don't even like Will Smith's movies, I'm speaking facts from a business stand point

if this nikka is not a top bill actor why do think it was such a big deal when After Earth flopped

when he had a lower budget and made more money than White House Down, and a lot of other shyt that came out that year

No bytch nikka , show proof he is the highest grossing actor..You don't understand what earnings in movies is. He is not the most paid actor, nor he is he the most highest grossing actor.It proves my point your just talking out your ass cause you don't know jack ,show proof he is the number 1 actor in Hollywood.Don't moan when you can't come with facts.

Only mistake I made was ,Will Smith played a gay person in Six Degrees of Seperation. And in Hitch, he was getting pretty personal and up close with the white guy he was coaching.

Leonardo Dicaprio was in Titanic, The Aviator and a whole lot of other films. Will may be doing good but he has a long way to go to fukk with those white A-listers,so class is out.

http://filmschoolrejects.com/features/in-focus-a-look-at-will-smith-acting-serious.php

Homosexuality was not as accepted in 1993 as it is now, and playing the part of a gay man could have been a career killer for Smith, mainly popular with teenagers based on his television and rapping efforts. Instead, it proved to be a good move and gained Smith critical acclaim. Smith has stated in interviews that he regrets his refusal to do a kissing scene with Anthony Michael Hall, saying that he was immature and not emotionally ready at the time. Even with that being clear, the performance is solid and more than a few people have told me that it is his best work to date.
 
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No bytch nikka , show proof he is the highest grossing actor..You don't understand what earnings in movies is. He is not the most paid actor, nor he is he the most highest grossing actor.It proves my point your just talking out your ass cause you don't know jack ,show proof he is the number 1 actor in Hollywood.Don't moan when you can't come with facts.

Only mistake I made was ,Will Smith played a gay person in Six Degrees of Seperation. And in Hitch, he was getting pretty personal and up close with the white guy he was coaching.

Leonardo Dicaprio was in Titanic, The Aviator and a whole lot of other films. Will may be doing good but he has a long way to go to fukk with those white A-listers,so class is out.

Leonardo only made 40 million total on Titanic, leonard ain't ever made 100 million doing a movie, only tom and cruise and will on that level

I'm not talking about what their movies did I'm talking about much they made as actors

After Earth made more than Avitaor worldwide, Will's stuff usually has bigger budgets

Leonardo only has 5 movies that grossed over 300 million Will Smith has ten

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Smith_filmography


He is the only actor to have eight consecutive films gross over $100 million in the domestic box office, ten consecutive films gross over $150 million internationally and the only one to have eight consecutive films in which he starred open at #1 spot in the domestic box office tally.[2]
 
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Leonardo only made 40 million total on Titanic, leonard ain't ever made 100 million doing a movie, only tom and cruise and will on that level

I'm not talking about what their movies did I'm talking about much they made as actors

After Earth made more than Avitaor worldwide, Will's stuff usually has bigger budgets

How much do you think Will made off of Men In Black? How much do you think hes made off of After Earth? Leonardo is in bigger movies than Will ,plus Will Smith is typecasted for certain roles, this is why you see him certain movies like the Wild Wild West dressing like a belly dancer, Clint Eastwood and John Wayne never dressed like no broad in Westerns. I don't care if it was a kid movie or not.
 
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How much do you think Will made off of Men In Black? How much do you think hes made off of After Earth? Leonardo is in bigger movies than Will ,plus Will Smith is typecasted for certain roles, this is why you see him certain movies like the Wild Wild West dressing like a belly dancer, Clint Eastwood and John Wayne never dressed like no broad in Westerns. I don't care if it was a kid movie or not.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Smith_filmography


He is the only actor to have eight consecutive films gross over $100 million in the domestic box office, ten consecutive films gross over $150 million internationally and the only one to have eight consecutive films in which he starred open at #1 spot in the domestic box office tally.[2]

Leonardo's highest pay day is 60 million from inception, that was his gross pay day

and his base pay day has never been as high as will
 
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Being self employed doesn't make you immune to systematic white supremacy bruh. You thinking that it does proves that you don't even have a full understanding of it. You're just talking to talk. You'll literally say anything you think discounts the point that I'm making and it just makes you look dumb. "I'm immune to racism in the legal system because there are black cops where I live" That would be funny if you weren't serious in saying that stupid shyt. The fact that racial profiling exists even in areas where black cops are prevalent aside. What about when you're not in the area that you live? Do you not travel outside of that immediate area? How are you immune to racial profiling while in areas where there are white cops? Besides, racism in the legal/law enforcement system is about a lot more than just racial profiling.

A lot of times cats don't even think the dumb shyt that you run up here to post through. You lames will run up here and say/post anything to stop from being wrong.

I never said that black people couldn't get loans. I made the point that that systemic racism permeates thiscountry's financial institutions and that you aren't immune to it. I know that you're kicking that "I got the cheat code to white supremacy, I'm immune!" bullshyt, but I'm talking reality. There are devices ingrained in the system deigned to oppress or privilege people solely based on the color of their skin. If this was all about black people just not "understanding the system" then it wouldn't be racism then would it?

Since you've got all the answers then why don't you save the black community? Why are dudes out here hustling in the streets when they can be getting $100grand loans with no job? You should be out here holding seminars bruh.

The racist Hollywood system dumb fukk. You're just trying to cloud the issue with bullshyt. I initially quoted you because you were cosigning Will while pretending as if he's on some black power self reliance shyt when that's not true. Will didn't say "fukk white people we as blacks have to do our own thing". Will is basically saying "I don't know what those blacks are complaining about as far as racism and a lack of diversity, I don't see a problem"

This idiot tells me that I don't know the film business after claiming that nobody ever gave Will anything. How well I know the film business is irrelevant. So is Will employing black people. This is about his comments regarding racism in Hollywood. He said some c00n shyt and you swooped your dumbass in this thread disingenuously defending him as if he didn't.

Sonwhat do you think that the lack of diversity in opportunities points to? Racism you idiot. Will doesn't think about the lack of opportunities for other blacks because he doesn't give a fukk. He's accepted and that's all he cares about. He doesn't see a problem.

He did no such thing. In one interview he vaguely and tentatively acknowledged systematic racism only to say that it doesn't matter. He only tentatively acknowledged racism because he knows that he'll get backlash as a black man for failing to do so. However, his true feelings are expressed in this quote in which you conveniently ignore:"It was as if some part of me was validated. It was something that I've known for a long time that I couldn't really say: 'You know guys, I really don't think America is a racist nation.' I know that I feel like that sometimes but I just don't believe that. There are racist people who live there but I don't think America as a whole is a racist nation. Before Obama won the presidency I wasn't allowed to say that out loud because people would say: 'Oh yeah, of course for you, Mr Hollywood!'http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/79786/An-interview-with-Will-Smith
^^^Thats how he really feels about racism he's just not confident coming out and admitting it. The fake "post-racial" euphoria that initially came with Obama's election had him feeling comfortable in being true to his opinion that racism just ain't that bad.

He was Spcifically talking about racism and discrimination. He was asked about the concerns over the lack of diversity in Hollywood(racism and discrimination). He doesn't see a problem and it's not something that he thinks about.

Bruh, you can't even out together a coherent thought. You're all over the place. You've confused yourself. Whether blacks do or don't need Hollywood to make movies is irrelevant. The issue here is Will's comments. Will wasn't saying that blacks don't need Hollywood, he was saying that there isn't anything wrong with Hollywood. You're slow my man.

White supremacy only affects those who lack the knowledge to defend themselves from it

which is why you FEAR IT

and I do not give a fukk, because I take on any all challenges in my path, I ain't scared

The racist Hollywood system only affects IF YOU LET IT

There's no Hollywood, it's just a shytty town

There's no board of honkeys sitting in Hollywood dictating shyt, you believe that Wizard of OZ
because you don't understand how movies are funded

it all comes from private money, since I have a real estate background I understand how to find investors

if you know how to put a deal together from scratch, you won't need Hollywood

so what do you mean by racist system

you mean white producers who produced movies and don't hire black actors

or the way white producers portray blacks in their films

neither of these effect in anyway, even if I don't like them

Blacks should produce their own films which many do already
and that should be that
 
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Smith_filmography


He is the only actor to have eight consecutive films gross over $100 million in the domestic box office, ten consecutive films gross over $150 million internationally and the only one to have eight consecutive films in which he starred open at #1 spot in the domestic box office tally.[2]

Leonardo's highest pay day is 60 million from inception, that was his gross pay day

and his base pay day has never been as high as will

Consecutive movie films, doesn't mean the highest grossing.Its like me being a boxer and having most 10 consecutive wins in fights, but having no belts or title matches.Use your brain ,Will Smith is not messing with Bruce Willis ,Jason Stathum, Stallone, or the Governator.
 
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Consecutive movie films, doesn't mean the highest grossing, its like me being a boxer hand having the most 10 consecutive wins in fights but no belts or title matches.

Titantic is the biggest movie ever, but Leonard only made 40 million, its on his wiki page

Will Smith has made 100 million multiple times, only person who's ever did that is Tom Cruise

if's he's the only actor to have 10 consecutive films gross over 150 million, that's not even a lot of money
so if he's the only one to do that, most guys aren't even coming close most of the time
he's the biggest actor he's dominated the box office, that's why he's the highest paid

what can't you understand

Will's only flop is After Earth and it made more than Aviator
 

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Haha Will on a got damn roll. This dude is a totally lost caused. I wish one of these black entertainers would keep it 100 and just come out and say. See I would answer that question but I don't want to fukk up my money so I am going to just leave it alone....lol


These black celebs are scared

The thing about will is he has a lot of money
 
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